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ز ءك

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of pride, self-importance, and potentially sexual intercourse. The derived terms describe haughty walking, shyness, and a specific verb form related to marital relations.

Derived headwords

الزَّأْكَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Haughtiness, prideclassical

    A state of walking with pride or arrogance, characterized by a haughty demeanor.

تَزَأْوُكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be shy, to feel shameclassical

    The act of feeling shy or experiencing shame, often in a social context.

تَزَأْكverb
  1. 1.
    To have sexual intercourseclassical

    A verb specifically denoting the act of a woman being sexually penetrated.

Parallel reading

الزَّأْكَان، محركة أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان، قال الصاغاني: هو التبختر.
Al-za'kan, with vowels, was neglected by Al-Jauhari and the author of Al-Lisan. Al-Saghani said: it is haughtiness.
التزاؤك على تفاعل: الاستحياء
Al-taza'uk on the pattern 'tafa'ala' means: shyness.
قال الأزهري: أقرأني المنذري في المنبورة لأبي حزام العكلى: (! تزاؤك مضطنئ آرم ... إذا ائتبه الإد لا يفطؤه) هكذا قال بالكاف، ويروى تزؤل باللام على تفعل.
Al-Azharī said: Al-Mundhirī taught me in Al-Manbūrah, from Abi Hizām Al-'Uklī: (! Taza'uk mutaḍṭani'un āram ... idhā i'tabaha al-iddu lā yafṭu'uhu) – he said it with a 'kaf', and it is narrated as 'taza'ul' with a 'lam' on the pattern 'tafa'ala'.
زأكت المرأة: إذا نكحتها، عن ابن عباد.
A woman 'za'akat': if you have intercourse with her, from Ibn 'Abbad.